The unique selling point of this camera has to be the ability to remain compact, while incorporating a fantastic built in zoom. In the past, bridge cameras were closer to the size, and price, of an entry level DSLR.

For the price this is an amazing Camera, it has great features still reading the manual and figuring all these out :-) amazing zoom which still delivers really clear pictures. Obviously not as sophisticated as a more expensive SLR Camera, but very good for the amateur / keen photographer.

This is a perfect little point and shoot, takes very good pictures for a small camera...The little tripod is very well made and should last for long time. Overall it's an A+...Afterall,.... it's a Canon...

I've been a Canon fanatic for years I can't do without Canon. All of my little gadgets to name: Scanner, Printer and most of all Camera, were all Canon. If there is a Computer, Tablet or Mobile Phone that is Canon, I'll buy it.

Reliable; Durable; Superior build quality; Easy to use

Canon PowerShot SX 500 IS brags some of the dandy, hunky-dory features to appeal the photographic enthusiasts. It flaunts large optical zoom up to 30x to cover all eventualities as well as auto and manual controls to either let you express your inner artist or simply gives control over the camera...

Compact design despite of large zoom; full manual control and good image quality

Body doesn?t feel sturdy

The cheap CCD senor is big drawback in this camera for this price range. Im wondering why canon did not use CMOS sensor which would have increased the image quality in low light conditions and also faster FPS performance

The Canon PowerShot SX500 IS is a pocket-sized super-zoom camera with a 30x optical range. Announced in August 2012, Canon claims it's the World's smallest 30x optical zoom camera, with a range that extends from 24-720mm with Intelligent image stabilisation to iron-out the wobbles.

30x stabilised optical zoom; Compact lightweight body; Frame assist helps locate subjects at long focal lengths; Versatile Creative filters

Very poor continuous shooting; Lens suffers from Chromatic aberration; Poor battery life; Vertical streaking on highlights in video (due to CCD

If you are on a budget and want a high-zoom full-body camera, you will love the PowerShot SX500.

The PowerShot's wide-angle lens offers a 30x zoom and has both manual and semi-manual controls

This digital bridge camera only records video in 720p HD

My Canon PowerShot SX500 IS review finds that this ultra zoom camera is an adequate model with some nice features, but that also has quite a few performance drawbacks.

A year or so ago I was attracted by Canon's SX30 IS, a 35X digicam. So much so that I bought one for family use. And it turned out to be ideal for the purpose, especially in shooting video at the long end! … although this was somewhat tempered by its less than Full HD …